On Sun, 2006-03-19 at 16:32 -0600, Anthony Messina wrote: > i understand very clearly your position, mike. however, i would like to > point out that the many users on this list may be in a better position > to offer support after more people (perhaps) encounter the same problem > that the original poster is having. Agreed (unless the ones who helped test are on this list). > as you may well know, if you are the only person in the world having a > problem with any open source solution, it is difficult to get support. > on the other hand, if it's a "known issue," the resolution comes a bit > more quickly. the same holds true for proprietary solutions. ever try > to call microsoft for help after you've scoured their support site with > no answer and the phone tech asks if you've checked the website; cause > that's what s/he's doing! *grumble* True. > i do suspect, though, that the issue of installing on a notebook will > become more of an issue tomorrow, as 3 cases have surfaced already. > maybe tomorrow, people can document the specifics of the issue including > hardware, etc. This may be true as well. > after the official release, we can also then be more assured that s/he > is using a real release. it would be possible for any mirror or it's > maintainer to rename the fc5-test3 releases and put them ina '5' > directory just to joke around - though i'm not suggesting that is the > case, but, as your footer says, it might be funny if it were so, and > maybe even hilarious if it were a production system. :) Heh, but I would suspect that they are offical anyway :P -- Mike Chambers Madisonville, KY "It's only funny until someone gets hurt, then it's hilarious!"
